Originally Posted by
Dunbar
I have the the Planet Bike 2W and those pictures are very misleading. Even with new batteries you see almost nothing at night (and it dims as the batteries drain). It was a good light 2-3 years ago but was never suitable for actually seeing the road in the dark. I'd get a minimum of 200 lumens and preferably 350+. I'm going to get the 500 lumen Lenzyne Super Drive XL. It uses rechargeable 18650 batteries. Extra batteries can be purchased for $5-10 each online to extend the run time indefinitely. The power required to create 200+ lumens of light make disposable batteries cost prohibitive.
I don't know if these are same lights since they didn't have "XL" in the name, but these pictures are from the 2011 I think:
Mini Drive:
Power Drive:
Super Drive:
I would never need the power of Super Drive and most likely Power Drive would be overkill too. Mini Drive would be close to what I'm looking for.
How does the Macro and Micro Drives compare to these? Macro and Micro doesn't have removable battery, but for example Macro is 30$ less than Power plus it is 50g lighter and the battery lasts almost twice as long. Power has only 25-50 more lumens in constant modes if I read the specs right. So in my eyes Macro is better or am I missing something?